Typhoon Muifa (2011)

According to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center the system went from tropical storm to super typhoon in less than 24 hours, reaching one-minute sustained winds of 140 knots. On 5 August it passed just 45 nautical miles southwest of Kadena Air Base, bringing sustained winds of 65 knots and 41 inches of rain. After weakening to a tropical storm it made landfall at the estuary of the Yalu River on 8 August, and the JTWC issued its final warning.

Formed (UTC)

2011-07-26

Dissipated (UTC)

2011-08-15

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

5

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

140

Basin it formed in

Western North Pacific

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2011208N09145

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: typhoon, western pacific, okinawa, china, landfall, 2011

Coordinates: 36.30435400428751, 123.65776485775535

Part of Category 5 tropical cyclones of the 2009 to 2012 seasons

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